Camilla
See also: camilla
English
Etymology
Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈmɪlə/
Proper noun
Camilla (countable and uncountable, plural Camillas)
- A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
- A female given name.
- a city in Georgia, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
Translations
female given name
Danish
Alternative forms
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Usage notes
- Rarely used in Norway before the 1960s. Popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Swedish
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 34 686 females with the given name Camilla living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
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